Wardle

Assignments: Week 10

Monday, October 29

READ:  Devitt, et al., "Materiality and Genre in the Study of Discourse Communities," ROW (p. 98)
DUE:

• Project #3 Topic proposal
• Reading response to Devitt, et al. (apparatus posted on Blackboard)
• 1 Pre-reading activity
• Summary
• Synthesis (connect with at least 3 other articles)
• Dialectical notebook (at least 5 quotations)
• MM
• Your Thoughts (at least 4 sentences) 

Wednesday, October 31

READ:  Malinowitz, "Queer Texts, Queer Contexts," ROW (p. 110)
DUE:  Reading response to Malinowitz (apparatus will be posted on Blackboard)

• 1 pre-reading activity
• summary 
• synthesis (connect with at least 3 other articles)
• dialectical notebook (at least 6 quotations)
• AE 2
• your thoughts (at least 5 sentences; try to go into why you did or did not connect with the reading)

Wesley, Quinn, and Aaron presenting Project #2.

Megan, Allison, and Maia are leading a 20 minute discussion and will have a handout.

Friday, November 2

DUE:  synthesis of the readings about discourse communities from class and synthesis/lit review/conversation of the research you have done on the discourse community you are studying:  bring 3 copies to class

George, Michael, and Allison presenting Project #2

Glenn and Pollan; Swales and Gee

Glenn and Pollan

Upcoming presentations

"not a reading response" presentations

October 31:  Megan, Allison, and Maia will have a handout for and lead part of the discussion for Harriet Malinowitz's "Queer Texts, Queer Contexts" (ROW 110)

November 7:  Ally and Abby will have a handout for and lead part of the discussion for Victor Villanueva's "Memoria is a Friend of Ours:  On the Discourse of Color" (ROW 169)

November 16:  Wesley, George, and Michael will have a handout for and lead part of the discussion for Delpit and Smitherman

November 26:  Peter and Aaron will have a handout for and lead part of the discussion for Helene Cixous' "The Laughter of the Medusa" (ROW 247)

November 30:  Quinn and Greg will have a handout for and lead part of the discussion for Gloria Anzaldua's "Tilli, Tlapalli:  The Path of the Red and Black Ink" (ROW 220)

***If any of these are incorrect based on your knowledge, please let me know so that I can fix the mistake.

Project #2 Presentations

October 31:  Wesley, Quinn, and Aaron
November 2:  George, Michael, and Allison
November 5:  Peter, Maia, and Taylor
November 7:  Greg, Gina, Abby, and Megan
November 9:  Ally, Allison, JD, and Aubrey

These presentations are informal.  Be prepared to present and explain your project to the class and answer questions.

Assignments: Week 9

Monday, October 22

READ:

• Glenn, "Constructing Consumables and Consent:  A Critical Analysis of Factory Farm Industry Discourse"  ROW (p. 144)
• Pollan, "Farmer in Chief" (posted on Blackboard in "Readings")

DUE:

• Project #2 Peer Review:  bring 2 copies of (1) peer review cover letter to group, (2) comments on project, and (3) answers to questions on peer review handout.  Be a thorough as possible.  Go into detail.  Be constructive.
• Reading response for Glenn (apparatus is posted on Blackboard); include
• one pre-reading activity
• summary
• synthesis (include at least 2 works we have read for class)
• dialectical notebook (include at least 5 quotations typed out all the way) 
• answer QD 1
• Your thoughts (this should be a small paragraph.  try to connect the reading with your life. at least 4 sentences)
• Reading response for Pollan (no apparatus)
• summary
• synthesis
• dialectical notebook (include at least 5 quotations fully typed out)
• Your thoughts (minimum 4 sentences)

Wednesday, October 24

READ:

• Chapter 4 introduction, "Discourses:  How Do Communities Shape Writing?" WAW (p. 463)
• Swales, "The Concept of Discourse Community" WAW (p. 466)
• Gee, "Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics:  Introduction" WAW (p. 481)

DUE:

• Reading response for Swales
• one Before you Read activity
• summary
• synthesis (at least 3 connections)
• QD 5 and 6
• your thoughts (at least 4 sentences)
• Reading response for Gee
• one Before you Read activity
• summary
• synthesis (at least 3 connections)
• dialectical notebook (at least 5 quotations)
• MM
• your thoughts (at least 4 sentences)
• Compare and contrast Swales and Gee:  should be at least 2 paragraphs

Friday, October 26

READ:  Wardle, "Identity, Authority, and Learning to Write in New Workplaces" WAW (p. 520)
DUE:

• Project #2 with group cover letter due by 9 p.m.
• One page individual evaluation of how you feel the project went, of the feedback you received from your peers, and of your partners in the project due by 9 p.m.
• Reading response for Wardle
• one Before you Read activity
• summary
• synthesis (at least 3 connections)
• dialectical notebook (at least 5 quotations)
• QD 4
• your thoughts (at least 4 sentences)

Project 2 Survey request

One of the project groups would like the class to take the following survey:  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FJSF727
Please do so before class on Wednesday morning.

Assignments: Week 8

Monday, October 15 and Wednesday, October 17

We will still be in Gordy 9 working on Project #2.  No other class time will be allocated for the production of this project.  You may want to start making arrangements for working outside of class.


Monday
Storyboard due by the end of class.
READ (click on links): "Hyperlinks Are the 'Tubes' of the Internet" and "Page Titles, Headlines, and Subheaders, OH MY!"

Wednesday
Significant progress on your project needs to be made.
READ (follow links):  "Damnit, Jim, I'm a Writer, Not a Graphic Designer! (Or, Who Gives a CRAP?)" and "It's Not Plagiarism If It's On the Web, Right?"

Friday, October 19

READ:  Project #3 assignment sheet
DUE:

• Be prepared to give progress report to class.  You should include 
• where you are in you project
• who has done what
• what still needs to be completed before submission for peer review
• what you are specifically looking for from your peers
• address any concerns you have at this time 
• Project #2 for peer review.  Email all projects to me by 9 p.m.  I will distribute them to the reviewing groups, so as to alleviate any confusion.  Please do not forget a cover letter for your project.